Stephen King's Dead Zone (2002–2007)
"The Dead Zone" (original title)

Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is ... See full summary »

Creators:

Michael Piller, Shawn Piller

Stars:

Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno

2 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Anthony Michael Hall	...	Johnny Smith (81 episodes, 2002-2007)
Nicole de Boer	...	Sarah Bracknell Bannerman (72 episodes, 2002-2007)
Chris Bruno	...	Sheriff Walt Bannerman (69 episodes, 2002-2007)
John L. Adams	...	Bruce Lewis (65 episodes, 2002-2007)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Reverend Eugene 'Gene' Purdy (39 episodes, 2002-2007)
Bill Mondy	...	Deputy Roscoe (33 episodes, 2002-2006)

Storyline

Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is also newly-engaged to a loving fiancée named Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood, and is a good son to his widowed mother, who lives nearby. Johnny's life is nearly perfect - until the day his life is interrupted by a near-fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma. Six years later, Johnny finally regains consciousness and discovers that life as he once knew it has completely changed. His mother has passed away, and Sarah has gone on to marry someone else - and now has a son. But Johnny himself is also not the same person he once was: he now finds himself in possession of amazing psychic powers which allow him to see into the lives of anyone he touches. Now, as Johnny attempts to reacquaint himself with a life he has been away from for six long years, he must also begin a quest to ...

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Plot Keywords:

psychic power | psychic | supernatural power | sheriff | maine | 

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Taglines:

You should see what he sees.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Space [ca] USA Network

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Dead Zone

Filming Locations:

Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts - 777 Homer Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television, Crescent Entertainment, Dead Zone Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Started originally as a pilot for a series to be shown on the UPN network in the fall of 2001. When UPN decided not to run it, the USA Network picked it up.

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Goofs

Johnny's hairstyle changes back and forth several times during the episodes "Wheel of Fortune" and "What It Seems" because of reshoots that were done a year after the initial filming.

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Quotes

[while watching Greg Stillson discuss politics in Washington, DC]
Johnny Smith: Did he just say "diddle"?

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Connections

Spun-off from The Dead Zone (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Dead Zone Epic"
Performed by Blues Saraceno
Heard in all episodes starting with Season 4

User Reviews

this show is fantastic

I am an enormous Stephen King fan, and it is always with great anxiety that i watch a movie/tv series based on his work. The dead Zone was a great book

• a great concept, but tough to translate to screen. The movie made in the

80s with christopher walken was half decent but nothing to write home about.

thankfully - the show is wonderful. Four episodes old and i am completely engrossed. This will be the first time I ever watch a show religiously in the summer. It is wonderfully put together, and though there are bad spots in the dialogue, its is translated well, and they have done a great job with showing the viewer the visions johnny smith finds himself having. they are wonderfully done.

I like how they arent sinking into just having johnny smith solve a murder each week, as evidenced by the latest episodes when he uses his powers to re-unite two long lost lovers (not to mention have an out of body sexual experience). the biggest worry i had was that the show would become very formulaic - and it still might, but hopefully they keep things going the way they are.

the real revelation in this series so far has been anthony michael hall. when i was young i loved this guy - and still love him when i watch "the breakfast club" or "weird science" - but since he has tried to revive his career I have had a tough time accepting him as an adult actor. I kept seeing the kid from the 80s movies. until now. I think he is doing a marvelous job with this part, playing it with a great combination of wide eyed wonder and fear of his new abilities. All of a sudden with this role he seems so believably adult, its kind of amazing. every now and the you can see the kid fro the 80s but for the most part its like watching a new actor. he plays the tortured role excellently - i can't say enough about how impressed I am

so far - this is fantastic and i hope they keep it up and release a dvd.